{"id":4577,"date":"2017-01-01T17:25:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T01:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4577"},"modified":"2019-05-24T03:56:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T10:56:56","slug":"my-ten-favorite-open-culture-posts-of-2016-steely-dans-recording-techniques-nam-june-paiks-new-year-special-the-philosophy-of-bill-murray-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4577","title":{"rendered":"My ten favorite Open Culture posts of 2016: Steely Dan&#8217;s Recording Techniques, Nam June Paik\u2019s New Year Special, the Philosophy of Bill Murray, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4586\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Good-Morning-Mr-Orwell-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Good-Morning-Mr-Orwell-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Good-Morning-Mr-Orwell-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Good-Morning-Mr-Orwell-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Good-Morning-Mr-Orwell.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For nearly five years now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/\">Open Culture<\/a>, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, television, radio, or language. Here are ten of my favorites from the more than 250 I wrote in 2016:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/06\/color-footage-of-americas-first-shopping-mall-opening-in-1956.html\">Color Footage of America\u2019s First Shopping Mall Opening in 1956: The Birth of a Beloved and Reviled Institution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/03\/david-bowies-music-video-jump-they-say-pays-tribute-to-markers-la-jetee.html\">David Bowie\u2019s Music Video \u201cJump They Say\u201d Pays Tribute to Marker\u2019s <em>La Jet\u00e9e<\/em>, Godard\u2019s <em>Alphaville<\/em>, Welles\u2019 <em>The Trial<\/em> &amp; Kubrick\u2019s <em>2001<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/09\/good-morning-mr-orwell.html\"><em>Good Morning, Mr. Orwell<\/em>: Nam June Paik\u2019s Avant-Garde New Year\u2019s Celebration with Laurie Anderson, John Cage, Peter Gabriel &amp; More<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/02\/william-gibson-on-how-la-jetee-changed-his-life.html\">How Chris Marker\u2019s Radical SciFi Film, <em>La Jet\u00e9e<\/em>, Changed the Life of Cyberpunk Prophet, William Gibson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/04\/how-steely-dan-wrote-deacon-blues.html\">How Steely Dan Wrote \u201cDeacon Blues,\u201d the Song Audiophiles Use to Test High-End Stereos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/11\/jm-coetzee-on-the-pleasures-of-writing.html\">J.M. Coetzee on the Pleasures of Writing: Total Engagement, Hard Thought &amp; Productiveness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/06\/the-philosophy-of-bill-murray-the-intellectual-foundations-of-his-comedic-persona.html\">The Philosophy of Bill Murray: The Intellectual Foundations of His Comedic Persona<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/08\/tilda-swinton-gets-a-portrait-drawn-by-art-critic-john-berger-her-cosmic-twin.html\">Tilda Swinton Gets a Portrait Drawn by Art Critic John Berger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/09\/what-makes-vertigo-the-best-film-of-all-time.html\">What Makes <em>Vertigo<\/em> the Best Film of All Time? Four Video Essays (and Martin Scorsese) Explain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/08\/when-glenn-obriens-tv-party-brought-klaus-nomi-blondie-basquiat-to-public-access-tv-1978-82.html\">When Glenn O\u2019Brien\u2019s <em>TV Party<\/em> Brought Klaus Nomi, Blondie &amp; Basquiat to Public Access TV (1978-82)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also\u00a0my ten favorite Open Culture posts of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4718\">2012<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4721\">2013<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4725\">2014<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.colinmarshall.org\/?p=4728\">2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For nearly five years now, I\u2019ve written a post every weekday at\u00a0Open Culture, usually to do with literature, film, music, art, television, radio, or language. 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